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Birch Company normally produces and sells 42,000 units of RG-6 each month. The selling price is...

Birch Company normally produces and sells 42,000 units of RG-6 each month. The selling price is $20 per unit, variable costs are $10 per unit, fixed manufacturing overhead costs total $150,000 per month, and fixed selling costs total $40,000 per month.

Employment-contract strikes in the companies that purchase the bulk of the RG-6 units have caused Birch Company’s sales to temporarily drop to only 11,000 units per month. Birch Company estimates that the strikes will last for two months, after which time sales of RG-6 should return to normal. Due to the current low level of sales, Birch Company is thinking about closing down its own plant during the strike, which would reduce its fixed manufacturing overhead costs by $47,000 per month and its fixed selling costs by 10%. Start-up costs at the end of the shutdown period would total $12,000. Because Birch Company uses Lean Production methods, no inventories are on hand.

Required:

1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) if Birch closes its own plant for two months?

2. Should Birch close the plant for two months?

3. At what level of unit sales for the two-month period would Birch Company be indifferent between closing the plant or keeping it open?

What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) if Birch closes its own plant for two months?

Should Birch close the plant for two months?

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At what level of unit sales for the two-month period would Birch Company be indifferent between closing the plant or keeping it open?

Unit sales required for Birch to be indifferent

Homework Answers

Answer #1
Alternative 1 Keep the Plant Open
Alternative 2 Close The Plant
Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Differential
Sales                            440,000                       -  
Varaible Costs                            220,000                       -  
Contibution                            220,000                       -   (220,000.00)
Fixed Manufactring Costs                            300,000            206,000        94,000.00
Fixed Selling Costs                               80,000              72,000          8,000.00
Startup Cost                                        -                12,000     (12,000.00)
Net Income                          (160,000)            122,000 (130,000.00)
Financial Advantage
Loss in Alternative 1                    (160,000.00)
Loss in Alternative 2                    (130,000.00)
Financial Advantage of Closing Down 30000.00

2. Yes, Plant should be closed for two months as will benefit from the financial advantage of 30,000.

3.

Indifference Point Difference in Fixed Cost/Different in Contribution
Alternative 1 Alternative 2
Fixed Cost
Fixed Manufactring Costs                            300,000            206,000
Fixed Selling Costs                               80,000              72,000
Startup Cost                                        -                12,000
                           380,000            290,000
Indifference Point                                 9,000


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